CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship 2014

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CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship 2014
CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship
Number of nations (of 25 applicants)
winner United StatesUnited States USA (4th title)
venue Cayman IslandsCayman Islands Cayman Islands
Opening game January 9, 2014
Endgame 19th January 2014
Games 16
Gates 80  (⌀: 5 per game)
Top scorer United StatesUnited States McKenzie Meehan , Tanya Samarzich (6 each)
MexicoMexico
Yellow card yellow cards 15  (⌀: 0.94 per game)
Yellow-red card Yellow-red cards 0
Red card Red cards 0
CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship 2014 (Cayman Islands)
George Town
George Town
Location of George Town in the Cayman Islands

The finals of the seventh CONCACAF U-20 women's championship took place in the Cayman Islands from January 9-19 , 2014 . Eight teams competed against each other first in a group stage in two groups and then in the knockout system . All games were played at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town , the capital of the Cayman Islands. The tournament also served as qualification for the 2014 U-20 World Cup in Canada, for which the three best-placed teams qualified. Canada is automatically qualified to host the 2014 U-20 World Cup and therefore did not take part in the 2014 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. The USA team won for the third time in a row and for the fourth time .

qualification

The Cayman Islands were automatically qualified as host, and the teams from the United States and Mexico did not have to qualify separately. The other 22 registered national teams, representatives from Central America and the Caribbean separately, played in mini-tournaments to qualify for the CONCACAF U-20 Championship 2014. Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala from Central America, as well as Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago from the Caribbean, qualified . For Honduras, the participation in the 2014 tournament, as well as for the host, was a first for this age group.

mode

At the final round, the eight teams formed two groups of four teams each. In the group stage, each team within the group played once against each other. There were three points for a win and one point for a draw. After the preliminary round matches, the group winners and runners-up qualified for the semi-finals, from which the tournament was continued in the knockout system .

Venues

The only venue was the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town .

Preliminary round

The group allocation for the preliminary round was announced on November 5, 2013. All times correspond to local time ( CET –6 hours).

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. United StatesUnited States United States  3  3  0  0 019: 000 +19 09
 2. Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica  3  1  1  1 006: 800  −2 04th
 3. JamaicaJamaica Jamaica  3  0  2  1 001: 400  −3 02
 4th GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala  3  0  1  2 001:150 −14 01
Thursday, January 9, 2014, 5:00 p.m.
Guatemala - Jamaica 0-0
Thursday, January 9, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
United States - Costa Rica 6: 0 (3: 0)
Sat, January 11, 2014, 5:00 p.m.
Costa Rica - Guatemala 5: 1 (5: 0)
Sat, January 11, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Jamaica - United States 0: 3 (0: 2)
Mon., January 13, 2014, 5:00 p.m.
Jamaica - Costa Rica 1: 1 (0: 1)
Mon., January 13, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
United States - Guatemala 10: 0 (4: 0)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MexicoMexico Mexico  3  3  0  0 019: 100 +18 09
 2. Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago  3  2  0  1 006: 300  +3 06th
 3. HondurasHonduras Honduras  3  1  0  2 004:120  −8 03
 4th Cayman IslandsCayman Islands Cayman Islands  3  0  0  3 000:130 −13 00
Fri., January 10, 2014, 5:00 p.m.
Honduras - Trinidad and Tobago 0: 2 (0: 1)
Friday, January 10, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Cayman Islands - Mexico 0: 6 (0: 4)
Sun., January 12, 2014, 5:00 p.m.
Mexico - Honduras 10: 1 (4: 0)
Sun., January 12, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Cayman Islands - Trinidad and Tobago 0: 4 (0: 3)
Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 5:00 p.m.
Trinidad and Tobago - Mexico 0: 3 (0: 1)
Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Cayman Islands - Honduras 0: 3 (0: 0)

Final round

All times correspond to local time ( CET –6 hours).

Semifinals

Friday, January 17, 2014, 4 p.m.
United StatesUnited States United States - Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 6: 0 (4: 0)
Friday, January 17, 2014, 7:00 p.m.
MexicoMexico Mexico - Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica 3: 1 (1: 1)

3rd place match

Sun., January 19, 2014, 4 p.m.
Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica - Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 7: 3 n.V. (3: 3, 1: 3)

final

Sun., January 19, 2014, 7:00 p.m.
United StatesUnited States United States - MexicoMexico Mexico 4: 0 (1: 0)

Best goalscorers

space Player Gates
1 United StatesUnited States McKenzie Meehan 6th
MexicoMexico Tanya Samarzich
3 United StatesUnited States Savannah Jordan 5
4th United StatesUnited States Lindsey Horan 4th
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Anique Walker
MexicoMexico Paloma Zermeño
7th MexicoMexico Jazmin Aguas Orozco 3
United StatesUnited States Mallory Weber
Costa RicaCosta Rica Nicole Pamela Araya
United StatesUnited States Stephanie Amack

As of January 20, 2014

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. According to CONCACAF, all four goals were scored in the game against Costa Rica ( Memento from January 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). The US federation counts only three goals by Horan, the fourth goal, however, as an own goal by Mariana Benavidez Archive link ( Memento from March 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. Statistics ( Memento of January 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on concacaf.com (English). Retrieved January 20, 2014.